On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 05:16:30PM +0100, Andreas Schildbach via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Why use Base 32 when the QR code alphanumeric mode allows 44 characters? > In Bitcoin Wallet, I use Base 43 (alphabet: > "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ$*+-./:") for most efficient QR > code encoding. I only leave out the space character because it gets > replaced by "+" in URLs.
Doing that only makes addresses a few % shorter, at the cost of significant
downsides. For example, not everyone knows what those additional characters
are called, particularly for non-English-speaking users. Non-alphanumeric
characters also complicate using the addresses in a variety of contexts ('/'
in particularly isn't valid in filenames).
I'd suggest you review the "Rational" section of the BIP for more details:
https://github.com/sipa/bech32/blob/master/bip-witaddr.mediawiki#rationale
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